Dancing question

linzcw04

This may be dumb so bare with me...
Ok - so after the ceremony we will be taking a few pictures and then coming into the reception. We are planning on dancing right after we enter...then next is the father/daughter dance. My question is...does FI ask his mom to dance in the middle of the father/daughter dance?
I just feel like it's going to be awkward if we do - our dance - stop - father/daughter dance - stop - mother/son dance....TIA

Tiffany618

I think traditionally there are 3 different songs with stops/announcements in between.

We did a combined father/daughter and mother/son dance to avoid all of those logistics and move through it more quickly.

Terriniski

I don't think it would be awkward to stop between the two and do an announcement/introduction.  Most of the weddings I've been to the DJ has announced the bride and groom, they've danced, then the DJ announces father + bride, they dance, then the DJ announces mother + groom and they dance.  If you're planning on dancing to the same song (sorry if I'm potentially mis-reading your question), if there's a good break you could still do that type of announcement or stop to switch out the dancers.  If there's no break, you might consider announcing both father + bride and mother + groom at the same time and you all dance at the same time.

cfibelkorn

Why don't you both dance at the same time?

linzcw04

Ok...I just didn't want ppl to be bothered by standing around that long. I would be fine with the double dance. Just wouldn't want my dad to feel like...gypped or something - but I'll ask him.

bridgetlb

anyone have a suggestion for a song to play during a dance that is:
bride/brother (who is giving me away) and the mom/son dance at the same time?

linzcw04

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[QUOTE]I don't think it would be awkward to stop between the two and do an announcement/introduction.  Most of the weddings I've been to the DJ has announced the bride and groom, they've danced, then the DJ announces father + bride, they dance, then the DJ announces mother + groom and they dance. <strong>If you're planning on dancing to the same song (sorry if I'm potentially mis-reading your question),</strong> if there's a good break you could still do that type of announcement or stop to switch out the dancers.  If there's no break, you might consider announcing both father + bride and mother + groom at the same time and you all dance at the same time.
Posted by Terriniski[/QUOTE]

Not necessarly....they haven't chosen a song yet and FI asked if he could just ask his mom to dance in the middle of the father/daughter dance. But that means there would be no "announcement" for them two....

cherrrylll

If you want, you can do your first dance after your entrance, then have dinner, then do the father/daughter to break things up.
We saved all the dances for after dinner so our guests wouldn't have to wait so long to eat.

shortgirltx

I can't remember if we did a combo the whole way through or if me and my dad danced for like 20 seconds and then the DJ asked my DH and his mom to floor.  Either way, it didn't really disrupt anything.

Donnaaries

We did our dances after dinner too because our ceremony was at 6:30pm, and I didn't want to start dinner later than 8:00pm.  We also did a joint father/daughter mother/son dance to save time.  We also asked other couples to join in after 1/2 of the song so that it kind of opened the dance floor, so to speak.

Bridget, we used "I Hope You Dance" Leann Womack for the combined dance, that might work for your brother/sister mom/son combined dance since it's not specific to relationships.  I find a lot of the suggested songs for the bride/father groom/mother songs borderline uncomfortable, so we went with something a little more generic.

linzcw04

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[QUOTE]If you want, you can do your first dance after your entrance, then have dinner, then do the father/daughter to break things up. We saved all the dances for after dinner so our guests wouldn't have to wait so long to eat.
Posted by cherrrylll[/QUOTE]

Humm...that's an idea.

cfibelkorn

Our plan is have the dinner before any dancing because our ceremony starts at 7pm and we don't want our guests to have to wait any longer than necessary to eat.

So plan is:

Ceremony
Brief Pictures/Cocktails
Dinner
First Dance

NMac2010

We are doing dinner first, then dances. We are just having a buffet, not a sit down plated dinner but we are doing the ceremony at 7pm so we don't want to make people wait that long.

We are only doing a Bride/Groom solo dance. No mother/son, no father/daughter solo. Later in the night, after everyone has danced a little, the DJ is going to play Butterly Kisses (my daddy and I's song) and then he's going to call all the daddy and daughters out on the floor. That way, I get to dance with my dad, but guests won't have to sit through 3 spotlight dances.

llc2011

I think we're going to do what Cheryl suggested - first dance, dinner then father/daughter dance (no mother/son because they don't like the spotlight).
Our ceremony will be at 5:30, so I think we'll be good on time to do our dance before dinner.

linzcw04

Thanks girls! Lots of different options to weight out with FI, dad, and FMIL.